File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1…
5 photographs : b&w prints ; 31.5 x 37 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1910, and a class photograph of students, possibly from Banff High School.
Notes
Most dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
Names provided by previous researcher:
V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 (O.S.) :
Front row: Louis Holmes, Wes Watts, Jack Edwards, Art Michaeluk, Wilfred Hoggard
Back row: Walter Jensen, Bill Wilson
"Canmore Team"
V324 / IV / E / PA - 2 (O.S.) :
"Benjamin Woodworth in Buffalo Paddocks Banff National Park"
V324 / IV / E / PA - 5 (O.S.) :
Doris McLeod, Jean Ross, Elsie Burkett, Edith Language, Olive Dingal, Jack Howard, Alex Clark, Jim Roots
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to Forest Kidney and unnamed friends. Includes images of Forest Kidney and friends playing golf, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, playing with a dog outside of Forest's Banff home [ca. 1930], and standing on his front porch [ca. 1945]. Also includes two iden…
8 photographs : b&w prints ; 8.5 x 14 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to Forest Kidney and unnamed friends. Includes images of Forest Kidney and friends playing golf, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, playing with a dog outside of Forest's Banff home [ca. 1930], and standing on his front porch [ca. 1945]. Also includes two identical portrait photographs, possibly used as passport photos or for other legal identification.
Notes
Most dates are estimations provided by the Processing Archivist.
Image of Forest Kidney and two friends posing by pool [ca. 1920 - 1925], possibly at the Cave and Basin, has been moved to V324 / IV / E to be kept with its identical copy
File consists of correspondence, legal and personal documents, and receipts belonging to Fred "Ty" Cobb. Correspondence mostly by Fred Cobb, referring to his dismissal from a job constructing the Icefields Highway and complaints of lost wages. Some correspondence also refers to a case between 1931 …
Frederick "Ty" Cobb (1887 - 1969) of Banff worked as a labourer during his adult years. Cobb was enlisted in the 82nd Battalion in World War I, and he was stationed in England and France from 1915 - 1916. Fred Cobb did not marry and there are no records of him having children. In the early 1930s, Fred Cobb worked on a construction project along the road leading to the Mt. Norquay ski area. Following World War II, Fred Cobb worked on constructing and repairing boats and docks in Vancouver, B.C. Fred Cobb's grave could not be located in any records of cemeteries in Banff and his burial place is unknown.
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence, legal and personal documents, and receipts belonging to Fred "Ty" Cobb. Correspondence mostly by Fred Cobb, referring to his dismissal from a job constructing the Icefields Highway and complaints of lost wages. Some correspondence also refers to a case between 1931 and 1933 in which Fred Cobb was charged in a case involving the Alberta Liquor Board which was later dismissed. File also contains a certificate for financial relief under the government of British Columbia in Fred Cobb's name, membership cards for the Workers' Ex-Servicemens' League in Canada and The People's Movement, records from Fred Cobb's stay at a financial relief camp in British Columbia, receipts from various stores and cafes, including the Dominion Cafe in Banff and several from Banff Grocery; arrest records for Fred Cobb, and a notice that the charges for this arrest were revoked.
Notes
Letter dated July 3, 1931 possibly signed by Bob Liggat [d. 1941], who is buried in Banff Town Cemetery.
File consists of 44 photographs, including 2 postcard photographs, pertaining to Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary and Maud Kidney and friends visiting Jimmy and Billie Simpson at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Many individuals in photographs are unnamed. Postcard photographs are of Jimmy Sim…
44 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 13.5 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds-level entry for Jimmy Simpson family fonds [M78 / S16 / V577]
Scope & Content
File consists of 44 photographs, including 2 postcard photographs, pertaining to Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary and Maud Kidney and friends visiting Jimmy and Billie Simpson at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Many individuals in photographs are unnamed. Postcard photographs are of Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Num-Ti-Jah Lodge.
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates provided are estimate by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
File consists of 1 photograph album containing 109 black and white images. Content pertains to: members of the Kidney family including Jack and Ted MacAulay swimming, skiing, hiking, playing hockey, boating, posing by the Kidney family home and participating in track and field; "Bill", the Kidney f…
1 album (109 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 8.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 photograph album containing 109 black and white images. Content pertains to: members of the Kidney family including Jack and Ted MacAulay swimming, skiing, hiking, playing hockey, boating, posing by the Kidney family home and participating in track and field; "Bill", the Kidney family's pet cat, performing tricks; Jack and Ted MacAulay as toddlers, children, teenagers and young adults; family members posing in military uniforms; individual and group photographs of family members in the mountains, on a boat, by the water, etc.; and scenic views of the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
Some photographs missing from album, others loose but tucked in to creases of back pages
Dates given are estimates provided by Processing Archivist based on format and content of photographs
File consists of 23 photograph prints depicting businesses in Banff which were owned and run by Maud and Forest Kidney. Content pertains to interior and exterior views of Kidney Kabins, and interior views of a restaurant [likely the Quaker Coffee Shop or Pop's Bakery].
23 photographs : b&w prints ; 10 x 16 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
Kidney Kabins was an accommodation business operated by Maud and Forest "Pop" Kidney between 1937 and 1953. The business consisted of several overnight or short-term rental cabins located near Maud and Forest's home near the corner of Wolf and Muskrat Street in Banff. The Kidney Kabins business was closed when Maud and Forest Kidney sold the property it was on in 1953.
Scope & Content
File consists of 23 photograph prints depicting businesses in Banff which were owned and run by Maud and Forest Kidney. Content pertains to interior and exterior views of Kidney Kabins, and interior views of a restaurant [likely the Quaker Coffee Shop or Pop's Bakery].
Notes
Most dates provided are estimates by the Processing Archivist
Some items labelled "Kidney Kabins" on reverse side
Fonds consists of personal, professional and legal documents and photographs pertaining to Maud and Forest Kidney, Jack MacAulay, Kidney and Woodworth family members, friends and the Banff community. Items are organized by subject and date ranges.
Fonds consists of six series:
Series I - Maud (Wo…
66 cm of textual records -- ca. 963 photographs : 870 prints, 62 postcards, 30 negatives, 1 tintype (31.5 x 37 cm or smaller) -- 7 photograph albums (26 x 33.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
Ella Maud [Woodworth] Kidney (1894-1977) was born in Banff as the fourth of 11 siblings. Her parents were Benjamin Woodworth and Elizabeth [McIntire] Woodworth. Growing up, Maud worked briefly for the Alberta Hotel and the Bottling Works company in Banff. Maud was married to John A. MacAulay in 1917, and widowed later that year. Her twin sons, John A. [Jack] and Thomas A. [Ted] MacAulay, were born in 1918. Maud married Forest H. "Pop" Kidney (1889-1979) on February 14, 1923, and the new family settled into the Kidney home on Wolf and Muskrat Street. The Kidney residence was originally located in Bankhead, but was moved to Banff and sold following the town's closure in 1922.
Maud and Forest operated several local businesses including Banff Grocery, Quaker Coffee Shop, Pop's Bakery and Kidney Kabins. The Kidneys were also active in community affairs throughout their lives. Maud Kidney was a long-time member of the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club in Banff [and the club's president for over a decade spanning across the 1940's], as well as the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire [I.O.D.E.] and Rebekah Lodge, and she was matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Banff in 1950. Forest Kidney was involved in the Banff Shriners Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Independent Order of Oddfellows and the Canadian Restaurants Association [CRA], among other groups; in the early 1960's, Forest also served as the President of the Calgary branch of the CRA.
Jack and Ted MacAulay grew up together in Banff, where they were involved in Banff's Boy Scouts program and local hockey teams. Jack in particular was an avid hockey player, until an accident in 1940 caused damage to his right eye which kept him from competing. From 1943 to 1945, Jack worked for Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd., and in 1946 he was appointed as the Chief Inspector of War Assets for Alberta and the Yukon Territories. Jack married Karin Wallensteen in 1946, and the couple had 6 children together: sons Herb and John, and daughters Karen, Shelley, Jodi and Julie-Ann. Jack served as a coach for the Banff Minor Hockey League for 46 years. Jack also took on several other positions within the Bow Valley community, including working as a volunteer with the Banff Figure Skating Club, a co-founder of the Banff Recreation Board, and a member of the Banff Advisory Council, the Banff Hospital Board and the Banff School Board.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of personal, professional and legal documents and photographs pertaining to Maud and Forest Kidney, Jack MacAulay, Kidney and Woodworth family members, friends and the Banff community. Items are organized by subject and date ranges.
Fonds consists of six series:
Series I - Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records: contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1894 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 1977 ]
Series II - Forest Kidney records: contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1889 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 2008 ]
Series III - Jack MacAulay records: contains 3 sub-series [A) 1920 - 1945, B) 1946 - 1980, C) 1981 - 2000 ]
Series IV - Family, friends and community records: contains 5 sub-series [ A) 1886 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1945, C) 1946 - 1970, D) 1970 - 2013, E) Maude Kidney Collection ]
Series V - Legal and business records : contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1894 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 1980 ]
Series VI - Collected materials
Series I content pertains to Maud Woodworth Kidney. Includes scrapbooks, photographs of Maud and her siblings and parents, trips to Calgary and local activities with family and friends, Maud working for the Alberta Hotel and the Banff Bottling Factory [ca. 1905 - 1915], and local clubs and societies which Maud was involved in between 1930 - 1977 including the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, the Senior Friends Club of Banff, Rebekah Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Series II content pertains to Forest Kidney during his World War I military service in Petawawa, Ontario; swimming with friends at the Cave and Basin and other social activities; travelling with family; local newspaper clippings noting Forest's achievements and community involvement; and Forest participating in events as a member of the Banff Shriners Club and the Canadian Restaurant Association.
Series III content pertains to Jack MacAulay at the Kidney family home with his twin brother, Ted; coaching for the Banff Minor Hockey League; participating in other community meetings and programs; personal, professional and medical correspondence [1940 - 1992]; Jack's wife, Karin MacAulay, and their children; and Jack's awards and achievements.
Series IV content pertains to extended family and friends of the Kidneys and the wider Banff community.
Includes sports and outdoor activities [including swimming, hiking, trail riding, camping, snowshoeing, skiing, and track and field]; early Banff [including businesses, Banff Elementary School and Banff High School, the Woodworth family residence, and construction of the Icefields Parkway]; family friends of the Woodworths and Kidneys [including the Brett family, the Stafford family and the Simpson family]; personal correspondence pertaining to Fred "Ty" Cobb (1931 - 1933); clubs and societies [including the Independent Order of Oddfellows, the Senior Friends Club, and the Order of the Eastern Star]; community events [including dances, meetings, dinners and award ceremonies]; weddings and anniversaries; a visit to Num-Ti-Jah Lodge in 1964; and biographical and genealogical information about Maud Kidney, Forest Kidney and the Woodworth family.
Series V content pertains to businesses owned and operated by the Kidney family [ca. 1930 - 1970], including Kidney Kabins, Quaker Coffee Shop and Pop's Bakery; mortgage agreements and property contracts; and government documents. Includes receipts, log books and financial records, photographs of Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop, and receipts for land purchased by Forest Kidney, George Noble and others.
Series VI contains commercial postcards collected by the Kidney family. Postcards mostly produced by Byron Harmon, and some by G & W Fear and other photographers, and mostly pertain to Banff and the surrounding area [winter sports, wildlife, Banff Zoo, Banff Avenue, scenic views and mountain landscapes, etc].
Notes
Contains duplicate photographs
Duplicate commercial postcards have been kept in separate folder within file box containing other commercial postcards [V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20 and V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 42]
Sub-series IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection was donated with existing numbering system [Items 1 to 47] prior to processing; original order and corresponding annotations have been transferred to database entries from original handwritten notes
File consists of 6 negative photographs donated as part of the "Maude Kidney Collection". Content pertains to a community event with Maud Kidney and friends, ca. 1960; a portrait of Forest Kidney as a young man; attendees of the first school in Banff; a front view of the Woodworth home in 1895; and…
6 photographs : b&w negatives ; 11.5 x 16 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 6 negative photographs donated as part of the "Maude Kidney Collection". Content pertains to a community event with Maud Kidney and friends, ca. 1960; a portrait of Forest Kidney as a young man; attendees of the first school in Banff; a front view of the Woodworth home in 1895; and the cast of a community play which was performed in Banff in 1908.
Notes
Some dates provided are estimates by the Processing Archivist based on content of photographs
Date of V324 / IV / E / NA - 6 [1908 community play image] based on annotations on print copies of same photograph [see "Related Material"]
File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidn…
File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidney and friends [ca. 1935], Freddie Hare visiting Forest Kidney at Mineral Springs Hospital in 1978, an ice sculpture by Charlie Beil outside of the Mount Royal Hotel, an early elementary school class photograph [ca. 1900?], and Fred Woodworth's World War I memorial in Ypres.
Notes
File contains duplicates
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…
Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald
Date Range
1933
1935 - 1940
1947
1950
1956
1960 - 1965
1968
1969
1974
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.
Notes
Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.
Some articles are loose in scrapbook
Material Details
Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.